Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Ofsted · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- PA Consulting Ltd
- Value
- £140,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · General management consultancy services (CPV 79411000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 075856-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Sep 2025
- Published20 Nov 2025Published 51 days after the contract date
Description
To review regional hubs and assess how well they have developed and to identify any areas for improvement. The contract has been awarded via Crown Commercial Service (CCS) framework RM6309 - Management Consultancy Framework Four (MCF4), Lot 2: Strategy & Policy, Advice.
About the supplier
PA Consulting Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00414220).